Chapter 29 (1/2)

Pei Qian had not imagined that he would come across a review of Ghost General on a portal website!

Out of curiosity, he clicked on it.

“Recently, a game named Ghost General has taken over mobile games by storm. Despite the fact that the game’s creator had not intended to advertise it on his own accord, the download volume for the game in its first week had hit close to 80,000!”

“Based on the figures, be it in terms of active players or satisfaction level and retention level towards the game, it has far surpassed any other mobile game released at the same time. In fact, it has left them entirely in the dust!”

“In the past, industry watchers have analyzed that the mobile card games industry was sunsetting such that even the progenitor of it all, Qute Three Kingdoms, has met with a declining player base and profit margin. There was seemingly no good way of getting about it.”

“However, Ghost General has completely refuted that analysis and has proven that there is still a huge potential for growth within the mobile card games industry!”

“So, why has that game been able to go against the tides and position itself in the eyes of many players as the successor of Qute Three Kingdoms to be the next generation of mobile card games?”

“I shall start my professional analysis to unveil the secret to success behind Ghost General!”

“Firstly, Ghost General did not follow along the cartoonish art style that was started by Qute Three Kingdoms. Instead, it chose to redesign the characters of the Three Kingdoms in a complete overhaul that brought about a fresh experience for the gamers.”

“Most gamers have long grown tired of the repetitive cartoonish characters. The epic ink oil painting style allowed gamers to imagine a brand new Three Kingdoms and that caught their fancy from the get go.”

“Secondly, Ghost General’s gameplay is extremely simple. It removed all the bloated elements of existing mobile card games and merely retained the essence and fundamentals of the classic playstyles which served to remove the burden off gamers!”

“Qute Three Kingdoms and other similarly mature mobile card games have been constantly adding new elements to the game such that an initially casual game turned into one that was extremely exhausting and tiring for the gamers.”

“Since Ghost General has merely retained the fundamental gameplays, a gamer would only have to spend a mere hour or two daily. That earned the good graces of many casual gamers as they no longer had to fight against time like with other games!”

“Thirdly, Ghost General is simply a game of conscience!”

“Other than the purchase price of 10 yuan, the only purchasable item in the game is a 30 yuan permanent membership card. That means that all players are basically equal and without any paywalls, they are able to enjoy the full experience of the game!”

“These are the key elements of success for Ghost General and the reason why it’s been receiving rave reviews!”

“Perhaps, Ghost General might be the impetus for mobile card games to head in the same direction. I believe that in the future, there is going to be more casual and fair mobile card games just like this!”

Beneath the article, netizens were commenting furiously.

“Professional!”

“Amazing article!”

“Indeed, I started playing Ghost General because it was fair and I didn’t have to spend cash in order to get a rare card!”

“Also, I really like the style of the game! Just collecting all the cards and achievements is enough to keep me playing for an entire year!”

Everything else was similar.

After reading the article, Pei Qian was starting to doubt life.

What the hell?

Is the Ghost General I created the same game that you guys are playing?!

The reason why I changed the art style was to deter gamers who liked the cartoonish styles!

Turning the gameplay simple? That wasn’t of my own accord! Those were the only functions that the templates I purchased had! I couldn’t even modify it with the game editor even if I wanted to!

A game of conscience?

That’s because I didn’t want whales to affect my goal of losing money!

How are these being interpreted as pros of the game now?!

Pei Qian truly wanted to die.

This was a mad world and something must be wrong with it!

Placing his phone down, Pei Qian contemplated life silently.